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As El Paso transplants... (Reply to this comment)
by ryost
my dad every so often fondly recalls a joint where the forks and knives were chained to the tables and washed by a guy with a cart who made endless rounds throughout the night. He never remembered seeing the water changed, but returned again and again.
ryost
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Jul 30 '01
10:07 am PDT
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Re: ...never+been+to+Texas... (Reply to this comment)
by AggieBrett
Hey, man-- trust the Top. Billy, Frank and Dusty are well-known experts in the field of Tex-mex, and it's not all that unusual to see one of them dining at any of various Houston-area eateries. Just look for the cool car out front...
Thanks for the comment and the copper. ;-)
B
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May 18 '01
7:47 am PDT
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Re: save+me+a+place+boys,+I'm+on+my+way.+.+. (Reply to this comment)
by AggieBrett
Ah... Ninfa's.
Given a choice, drowning seems like one of THE worst ways to die. Still, if you tell me I'll be drowning in Ninfa's green sauce, things ain't as bad as they might have been.
B
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May 18 '01
7:41 am PDT
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...never been to Texas... (Reply to this comment)
by Christoff
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Inside the gatefold of one of ZZ Top's 70's albums (Tres Hombres, i think) is glorious photo of one person's "dinner spread" at a Mexican joint---that's how i've always imagined it.
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May 17 '01
7:16 am PDT
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Follow those collars (Reply to this comment)
by prfstars
That's great advice, and true of other ethnic/regional foods, too. Here in Southern California, the best authentic Mexican food can be found, not surprisingly, in blue collar neighborhoods. In New York City, most people flock to Manhattan for Italian food, but the best, most authentic, and cheapest places always seemed to be in old-world Italian neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
I haven't been to Texas since I was 8 years old, and I've never had authentic Tex-Mex. It sounds incredible.
Melissa
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Apr 02 '01
2:50 pm PDT
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save me a place boys, I'm on my way. . . (Reply to this comment)
by sumo_rhino
I'm all revved up and ready to hitch a ride on the nearest pick-up headed to Ninfa's.
All hail Tex-Mex!
- sumo_rhino
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Mar 25 '01
2:03 pm PST
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Re: Oh, oh, (Reply to this comment)
by AggieBrett
Tang said:
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Aggie B, won't you marry me?
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That's awful sweet, but I'm not sure what The Wife would think of these sorts of offers (and I get 'em by the bushel basket these days). I'm pretty sure some serious rolling of the eyes would be involved.
B
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Mar 10 '01
12:24 pm PST
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Oh, oh, (Reply to this comment)
by mptang
Aggie B, won't you marry me? You're a man after my very own heart and all the clogged arteries leading to it with this review. Nothing's better than Tex-Mex except for Tex-Mex sex. And God bless Brent Averman, the avatar of goop!
Meet you on the River Vogon. I'll be wearing red (from all the dripping salsa).
Tang
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Mar 10 '01
10:53 am PST
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Very, very funny! (Reply to this comment)
by servin
Thanks -I really enjoyed this one! Makes me hungry though...
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Mar 10 '01
6:33 am PST
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Re: Muy bien (Reply to this comment)
by AggieBrett
..."Tacqueria San Luis Potosi."
(sigh) They are, alas, no mas. They shuttered and disappeared when that strip center was renovated a few years back. But you are right-- the hideously fractured English on the menu was a trip. "Rich chili graby...", "an order of tow cheese enchiladas...", "the Mexican barbecue is bland and fatty, the flan dismal..."
What was even more hilarious was when they finally updated and reprinted their menus... and every danged one of the weird typos survived untouched. Still, show me a place that can fill up a family of four for 16 bucks with food that good and service that attentive, and I'll excuse the odd typo or twelve.
B
(Good to see you back among the living, Co, but when are you going to POST something?)
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Mar 07 '01
1:59 pm PST
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Muy bien (Reply to this comment)
by uncleco
Very entertaining. Including a minor anti-Austin rant in an essay on Mexican food is just plain ignorant, but I'll write that off to your poor schoolin' on the Brazos and not let it sperl an otherwise top-notch hunk of writin'. One of the funnier Tex-Mex stories I recall was your local dive that included on the menu descriptions of the food from a recent restaurant review. And due to either an impressive capacity for honesty, or a poor command of English, they included the negative comments as well. [Flan: fatty and tasteless.] BTW, my favorite is Taco Milagro on Kirby & Westheimer which violates numerous rules.
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Mar 07 '01
1:40 pm PST
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"Poetry?" Well, VOGON poetry, maybe.... (Reply to this comment)
by AggieBrett
8^D
But thanks for the praise.
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Mar 07 '01
11:27 am PST
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This review is poetry! (Reply to this comment)
by sundogg99
Mouthwatering, mellifluous, redolent of the tastes and smells of good local cuisine.
Dang. Your review makes me equally envious of the food and of your writing chops.
Bee-you-tee-full.
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Mar 07 '01
11:16 am PST
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So Finger Lickin' Good I Just Wanted To Dive Right In!!! (Reply to this comment)
by kcfoxy
First off, fellas the Republic (heck, let's make that Country) of Texas is saved. Honorable men have risen to the occasion. Can I say and I knew y'all would?
Maybe, since I'm one of those Californian furriners you were always warned against, I can be forgiven for inventing my own sort of goop to ladle over cheese enchiladas, rice and whatnot.
Canned sauce? Tomato sauce? I don't think so!!!
Good one, Cheetoh, really.
Casey
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Mar 07 '01
1:00 am PST
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by sslabs
I can't say that I've had real Tex-Mex food, or anything even claiming to be that. But man am I hungry!
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Mar 06 '01
11:11 pm PST
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Thanks... (Reply to this comment)
by vein
for the great review!
And, Gig-em Aggies. =)
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Mar 06 '01
10:56 pm PST
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A Brilliantly Goopy Poem, Sir (Reply to this comment)
by Sloucho
I read this aloud to my wife, who cackled all the way through. Beautiful work. Well done indeed. Now Fed-ex me a package 'o goop.
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Mar 06 '01
2:30 pm PST
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Es-tah hway-no, man (Reply to this comment)
by counsel
Thanks for the belly-warming review. When's the Baylor-Aggie game in Bryan? I wanta go to Los Norteños.
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Mar 06 '01
1:16 pm PST
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